50 Facts About BTS's Jungkook

All about Jungkook / Jeon Jeong Guk from KPOP group BTS

1. He was born on September 1, 1997 in the southern port city of Busan.

2. He is KPOP's main vocalist , sub-rapper and main dancer.

3. Jungkook considered several stage names like “Seagull”, “Tattoo” and “Ean” before debuting. The seagull is the symbol of Busan.

4. He once dreamed of becoming a badminton player.

5. In 2011, Jungkook participated in Mnet's popular audition program "Super Star K Season 3" but never made it to the finals. Despite the disappointment, he received casting offers from seven entertainment agencies, including Big Hit Entertainment.

6. He joined BTS at age 15 , becoming its youngest member.

7. He was the fourth member to join the group. The last was Jimin.

8. Jungkook moved to Seoul to become an intern and attended the School of Performing Arts Seoul. Among his classmates were SinB and Umji from GFriend .

9. He entered high school a year later than his classmates due to his debut, and graduated at age 21 in 2017.

10. He decided not to take the Suneung, the national college entrance exam, because he wanted to focus on his music career .

11. On graduation day, he paid 910,000 won (US$823.23) to treat his classmates to a Chinese restaurant.

12. Jungkook can't seem to get rid of his Busan accent . He says he hopes to one day be able to use both the Seoul accent and the Busan accent, citing his pride in being a Busan
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13. His blood type is A.

14. He is 178 centimeters tall and weighs 61 kilograms.

15. He does not practice any religion.

16. Her favorite foods are cheese, melon and apple-mango.

17. During his studies, he does not like all school subjects, but he likes physical education, art and music.

18. He got his driver's license when he turned 20.

19. His hobbies are drawing, guitar and movies.

20. One of his favorite movies is " Love Rosie ."

21. He was a big fan of the anime “Shugo Chara!” in his childhood. He still enjoys watching animated films such as "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day", "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", "The Spirit Away", and "2 Inches By second".

22. Jungkook loves taking photos and editing videos . He once filmed a video about a trip he took with Jimin.

23. He also released his own series of travel videos, titled GCF (Golden Closet Films). The videos in this series were shot in Japan and the United States (mainland and Saipan).

24. Jungkook moved to the United States to begin dance training while preparing for the group's debut, and the experience helped him improve his dancing skills significantly.

25. He seriously considered becoming a professional dancer after returning to Korea. But Jimin persuaded him to come back to the team.

26. His favorite musician is IU. He recently released a cover of his song "Ending Scene." The first music album he bought was also IU's.

27. Another of his favorite musicians is Charlie Puth . He performed with the American singer-songwriter, singing "We Don't Talk Anymore" at the 2018 MBC Plus X Genie Music Awards.

28. As a huge fan of the SoundCloud music streaming platform, he enjoys pop songs by Tori Kelly, Adam Levine, Justin Bieber and Troye Sivan.

29. He is a member of "97 Line", a K-pop idol group born in 1997. Others include GOT7 's Bambam and Yugyeom, Seventeen's Mingyu, DK and The8, and NCT 's Jaehyun.

30. V , RM and Jimin have younger siblings, the same age as Jungkook.

31. Red is JK's favorite color . This is why he is often seen wearing red.

32. Her favorite outfit is neat and simple, with no patterns. Do not hesitate to provide yourself on our Shop to have Korean fashion clothing.

33. Jungkook's ideal woman is a fair-skinned, intelligent woman who sings well and is at least 160 centimeters tall.

34. He used to do both singing and rapping, but now he's focusing on singing.

35. He also participated in the writing of songs like "Outro: Love is Not Over" and "Magic Shop".

36. Jungkook's nickname is "Golden Youngest" , and his mother dreamed of gold before he was born (part of a Korean tradition).

37. BTS was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit last year for their contribution to the development of K-pop, becoming the first K-pop group to receive the highest honor for artists. Jungkook, 22, became the youngest winner in the history of this award.

38. BTS was named "Musician of the Year" at the Korean Music Awards last year, and Jungkook was also the youngest winner of this award. The previous record holder was singer Hwi-sung, who won the award aged 23.

39. Jungkook is in charge of the laundry. When he told fans the name of his favorite fabric softener during a chat, the product quickly sold out at local retailers.

40. He is a black belt in taekwondo .

41. His room is full of gym clothes and equipment, so he had to buy a smaller bed.

42. He once told his fans that he was thinking of joining the army with V.

43. He liked to play Overwatch shooting game with V.

44. Jungkook loves collecting Bluetooth speakers.

45. Jungkook raised a puppy named Gurum, which means "cloud" in Korean. Gurum lives with Jungkook's parents.

46. ​​His habits are to hide his nose when he yawns and to touch his fluffy facial hair.

47. Jungkook has a scar on his face , which he got during a fight with his older brother.

48. He is a member of BTS's "alcohol line" along with Jimin and Jin .

49. His motto in life is: "It is better to die than to live without passion."

50. Last year, he was ranked #2 on TC Candler's 100 Most Beautiful Faces of the Year and topped Starmometer's list of the 100 Sexiest Men Alive.